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There were 1,304 officers with the U.S. DHS who were assaulted in 2007. Of these, 165
officers sustained injuries. The following provides information by agency within the
DHS:
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection:
1,234 officers were assaulted, 126 of whom were injured.
Of the 126 officers who were injured, 1 was assaulted with a firearm.
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement:
32 officers were assaulted, all of whom were injured.
- U.S. Secret Service:
38 officers were assaulted, 7 of whom were injured.
Type of activity
At the time they were attacked, officers from the DHS were performing the following activities:
- 903 officers were assigned to patrol or guard duty.
- 61 officers were making arrests or serving summonses.
- 28 officers were conducting investigations or searches.
- 6 officers were maintaining custody of prisoners.
- 2 officers were assigned to office duty.
- 304 officers were assigned to other duties.
Weapons
- 303 of the 1,304 DHS officers were attacked by persons using personal weapons, such as hands, fists, or feet.
- 91 of the DHS officers were attacked with vehicles.
- 47 officers were attacked with firearms.
- 7 of the officers were attacked with knives or other cutting instruments.
- 5 of the officers suffered attacks with blunt instruments.
- 851 of the officers were attacked with other types of dangerous weapons.
Dispositional information
Law enforcement authorities identified 51 suspects in the assaults on DHS officers. At the time of this report:
- 19 alleged assailants were tried and found guilty.
- 16 suspects were awaiting trial.
- Prosecution was declined for 5 known assailants.
- 6 suspects were either found not guilty or charges were dismissed.
- 3 suspects were awaiting prosecutive opinion.
- 1 suspect was found incompetent to stand trial.
- 1 suspect remains at large.